GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| feline | of, relating to, or affecting cats or the cat family |
| dogged | marked by stubborn determination |
| rescind | to take away : remove |
| ragamuffin | a ragged often disreputable person |
| unwitting | not knowing : unaware |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| quotidian | occurring every day |
| emissary | one designated as the agent of another : representative |